Define Pierre Bourdieu’s idea of symbolic violence, explaining how it fits within his overall theory. How does symbolic violence intersect with education? Provide your own examples of symbolic violence in the educational system.
What will be an ideal response?
Bourdieu views the state as the site of the struggle over the monopoly of what he calls symbolic violence.
Symbolic violence is practiced indirectly, largely through cultural mechanisms, and stands in contrast to the more direct forms of social control that sociologists often focus on.
The educational system is the major institution through which symbolic violence is practiced on people. The language, the meanings, and the symbolic system of those in power are imposed on the rest of the population. This serves to buttress the position of those in power by, among other things, obscuring what they are doing from the rest of society and getting subordinates to accept the legitimacy of that which dominates them.
Bourdieu views the educational system as deeply implicated in reproducing existing power and class relations.
Students might provide a variety of examples including tracking practices, exclusion of certain forms of knowledge, and languages.
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